What a buyer sees
THE ANGEL HOTEL CHIPPENHAM LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · London · 02938502
47staff · FY2023
32years trading
—oldest owner on file
£14kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.1Mfor the year to 2023
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
What your filings show moving
Staff47
202241 → 472023
Cash at bank£14k
2022£42k → £14k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£45,038in the middle half
£29,898£61,265£204,705
Debtor daysdays12in the middle half
71368
Creditor daysdays15
1023117
Stock daysdays2below almost all
4634
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 4
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 3
- 32 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 41 to 47Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 6 for the middle of 184 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 75since 2025
- since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £2.1M | 47 | £14k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 41 | £42k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£850k£1.9M
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.